Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2017, 08:29 AM
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Not being the best photographer in the world,...
Not being the best photographer in the world, these are the best that I can manage since I broke my wide angle lens recently.
You can see the blade gets darker where I have not done any cleaning....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2017, 12:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2017, 06:47 AM
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Shamshir, ID and translation please
Completely outside my sphere of collecting.
I am going to guess that this is a Persian ( lion on blade ) watered blade, shamshir.
I have just mildly cleaned one section of the blade to show the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th December 2016, 05:23 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
12th December 2016, 08:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
9th December 2016, 08:07 AM
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Axe-type "thing" Afghan ?
I am sure that I have seen these discussed before but I cannot find the thread.
I used to see these on a regular basis in the UK, but this is the first that I have come across for ages.
Brass...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2016, 07:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2016, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 11
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Looks a right mixture.
S.E Asian blade
I have...
Looks a right mixture.
S.E Asian blade
I have a couple of Naga spears with shafts that look very similar, a type of semi-flat bamboo.
What is that on the shaft near the blade ? Looks like the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2016, 06:01 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2016, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 7
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Thanks for the comments
It is a bit unusual...
Thanks for the comments
It is a bit unusual for Celebes, I agree.
I think I am reading the word "celebes" correctly but as I said I cannot make out the rest of the words.
At that time it would...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd October 2016, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 7
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Celebes knife
Well, I think it says Celebes 26th June 1916
I cannot make out the rest of the script - any suggestions ?
Wood and silver, note the top of the pommel which reminds me of the "noses" of some...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2016, 10:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2016, 03:11 PM
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Batak Sword
See Trad Weapons fig 431 page 109
I am sure that this is a Batak Piso Sanalenggam.
No scabbard.
Decorated brass ferrule.
Horn Hilt.
Not something you see every day, in fact it's the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2016, 07:53 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2016, 07:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2016, 06:17 PM
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Borneo sword with heavy blade
Just picked this one up yesterday.
Hilt is finely carved bone ( I think ) The three holes go all the way through.
Blade is very heavy and thick. The shape is more like a Sumatran Cojang than...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
7th September 2016, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
3rd September 2016, 03:58 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
1st September 2016, 04:07 PM
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Dayak Container
Anyone know what this is ?
Dayak by the look of the character with the shield.
70cm (27ins) long
Bamboo
Thin cord which has been painted or varnished.
The decoration appears to be some sort of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2016, 08:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2016, 10:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2016, 03:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th August 2016, 03:22 PM
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Lapland / Sami scabbard ?
Is this a fancy Lap / Sami knife scabbard ?
I cannot think of anything else.
Typical reindeers and geometric patterns.
Two pieces of antler pegged together
The dark dots are wooden inserts,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2016, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 38
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catalog
Oldmans catalog listing some clubs for sale.
He appears to have stopped dating the catalogues in June 1908, with number 63. They are still numbered after this.
Assuming that they continued to be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2016, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 7
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